Holiday Drive-In

DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Screen 1 of five available screens at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind., is ready for the night's viewing of "Planes" and "Monsters University."

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS The 35mm film leader is threaded in the old Simplex projector and ready to roll at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind. The movie industry is discontinuing distribution of the 35mm films and going to a digital format starting in 2014.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Olivia Stiles, 5, of Vincennes, Ind., peeks from the backseat of her uncle's car as they approach the ticket booth at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind., on a recent Friday night. They were going to see a double-feature of "The Smurfs 2" and "Despicable Me 2."

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Darrel Decker sells tickets to patrons who form two lines to enter the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind., on a recent Friday evening. Decker's wife, Georgia, is the general manager and has been working for 22 years at the theater.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS The film "Planes" sits wound on a reel ready for viewing at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind. The movie industry is discontinuing distribution of the 35mm films and going to a digital format starting in 2014.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Carter Besing, 2, of Hatfield, Ind., left, runs off a little energy with a slew of other kids before the start of the movie at Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind., on a recent Friday night. The theater used to have a playground with swings and a merry-go-round, but it was removed due to liability issues.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS One of five projector setups at the Holiday Drive-In projects "The Smurfs 2" through a small window.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS The concession area is always open for movie-goers at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo., Ind.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Jimmy Richey bags freshly-popped popcorn in the concession area before the pre-movie blitz. Richey has worked at the drive-in for four years.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Calin Wheatley, 7, of Princeton, Ind., center, climbs onto the counter to get a better view of the candy offerings at the Holiday Drive-In's concession stand as his brother, Chris Wheatley, 11, right, does his best to corral his enthusiastic sibling.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS Families, including Joe and Paula Kluesner of Huntingburg, Ind., and their boys, Ben, 11, and Sam, 7, pickup truck on the right, hunker down in sleeping bags and blankets to take in "Planes" at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo, Ind., on a recent cool Friday night.

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DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS The marquee at the Holiday Drive-In was replaced after the original was destroyed in a storm recently.